Cote (k?t), n. [See 1st Cot.]
1.
A cottage or hut.
[Obs.]
2.
A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves.
Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve,
In hurdled cotes.
Milton.
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Cote, v. t. [Prob. from F. ct sode, OF. costet, LL. costatus, costatum, fr. L. costu rib, side: cf. F. ctoyer to go or keep at the side of. See Coast.]
To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare.
[Obs.]
Drayton.
We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming.
Shak.
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Cote, v. t. [See Quote.]
To quote.
[Obs.]
Udall.
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